Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée), Guenee

Pogue, Michael G., 2010, of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Zootaxa 2499, pp. 1-20 : 11-12

6. Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée) , Black-bordered Lemon Moth

( Figs. 21–22 , Map 12)

Identification: Forewing length 8.0-10.0 mm. Marimatha nigrofimbria cannot be confused with any other species in the Eustrotiinae . Forewing is yellow with a black border; claviform and reniform spots are small black dots. Hind wing is pale gray.The genus Marimatha Walker [1866] is congeneric with Thioptera Franclemont, 1950 . The North American species of Marimanta was recently revised (Ferris and Lafontaine 2010).

MAP 12. Collecting localities of Marimatha nigrofimbria .

Flight period: May to September.

Collected localities: North Carolina: Haywood Co.: Purchase Knob, 0.5 mi N of gate; Purchase Knob, at house; Purchase Knob, NW of house; Swain Co.: Big Cove Rd., site b, site c, site p, site w; Deep Creek Ranger Station; Noland Divide trailhead; 0.5 km from mouth of Chambers Creek, 300 feet up hillside on NW side; 300 feet above lake on Welch Ridge; 0.7 km up creek from mouth of Goldmine Creek; 0.7 km S of Payne Cemetery; 0.4 km up trail from lake on Forney Creek; 0.2 km W mouth of Hazel Creek; Oconaluftee Staff Apartments. Tennessee: Blount Co.: Cades Cove; vic. Cades Cove; Cades Cove ATBI house, 2000 mi SW; Cades Cove Ranger Station; Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church; Cades Cove Abrams Creek Springs; Cades Cove Loop, Abrams Creek; Tremont; Cocke Co.: Cosby, 1/ 4 mi inside entrance; Cosby campground; Cosby Ranger Station; Cosby picnic area off Gabes Mountain trail; Foothills Parkway; Foothills Parkway at I- 40; Foothills Parkway, 4.5 mi from Rt. 321; Foothills Parkway, 3rd overlook from Cosby; Sevier Co.: Greenbrier Ranger Station; Elkmont; Jake’s Creek Trail; Jake’s Creek Trail, Campsite #27; Jake’s Creek Trail, above Campsite #27; Park Headquarters. (91 specimens)

Elevation range: 1330–5930 ft. (405–1807 m)

General distribution: Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas and Arizona, and from the Midwest in Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Larval hosts: Smooth crabgrass ( Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. Ex Muhl. , Poaceae ) and saltmarsh morning-glory ( Ipomoea sagittata Poir. , Convolvulaceae ).

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 29. Adults. 17, “ Lithacodia ” musta, f, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Jake’s Creek trail above campsite # 27, GSMNP, 3600 ft., 23 July 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNMENT 00221900; 18, Maliattha concinnimacula, m, North Carolina, Haywood Co., Cataloochee, pull off at Sal Patch Gap, GSMNP, 3440 ft., 18 May 2005, M. G. Pogue, USNMENT 00254469; 19, Maliattha synochitis, m, Nebraska, Cherry Co., Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Hackberry Lake, 8 June 1983, D. C. Ferguson; 20, Maliattha synochitis, f, Maryland, Allegany Co., Warrior Mountain Wildlife Management Area, 25 June 2001, J. Glaser; 21, Marimatha nigrofimbria, f, Tennessee, Sevier Co., GSMNP, Jake’s Creek Tr., above Campsite # 27, 3600 ft., 23 July 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNMENT 00221897; 22, Marimatha nigrofimbria, f, Tennessee, Cocke Co., Cosby Picnic area off Gabes Mountain trail, GSMNP, 2200 ft., 29 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 1063; 23, Ozarba aeria, m, Maryland, Prince Georges Co., Ft. Washington Park, 6 June 2003, J. Glaser; 24, Ozarba aeria, f, Texas, Uvalde Co., Garner State Park, 21 Sep. 1965, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 25, Ozarba aeria, m, Texas, Kimble Co., Junction, 26 Oct. 1973, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 26, Ozarba aeria, f, Texas, Culberson Co., Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area, 6000 ft., 15 July 1971, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 27, Protodeltote muscosula, f, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Jake’s Creek trail above campsite # 27, GSMNP, 3600 ft., 23 July 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNMENT 00221898; 28, Protodeltote muscosula, f, Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax Co., Arndale, 12 July 1972, D. C. Ferguson; 29, Tripudia rectangula, f, Arkansas, Washington Co., Devil’s Den State Park, 5 July 1966, R. W. Hodges.